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Latin America struggling to meet 2020 road deaths targethttps://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2014/jan/28/latin-america-road-deaths-2020
Despite efforts to tackle road safety, fatality rates remain three times higher in Latin America than in parts of Europe<p>The family of Susana Suárez, a 35-year-old Venezuelan dentist, are still in shock over her death in a traffic accident in May. She and a friend were killed on their way back from the beach, two more of the 130,000 victims who died on Latin America's roads in 2013.</p><p>"I wasn't prepared for her death," says her sister, Lilian Suárez. "They were coming home at around eight at night in her car, and they got a flat tyre as they drove on to a bridge. They fell into the Aroa river, at a spot where the water is deep and turbulent."</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2014/jan/28/latin-america-road-deaths-2020">Continue reading...</a>Global developmentVenezuelaArgentinaAmericasWorld newsRoad safetyTue, 28 Jan 2014 14:00:08 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2014/jan/28/latin-america-road-deaths-2020Photograph: John Coletti/Getty ImagesRoad accidents in Bogotá, Colombia, are a major cause of death. Photograph: GettyPhotograph: John Coletti/Getty ImagesRoad accidents in Bogotá, Colombia, are a major cause of death. Photograph: GettyEstrella Gutiérrez for IPS, part of the Guardian development network2014-01-28T14:00:08ZDrink-driving to diligence: Mexico en route to better road safety – videohttps://www.theguardian.com/global-development/video/2012/oct/05/drink-driving-mexico-road-safety-video
Mexico has one of the world's worst road safety records, with more than 80,000 people killed in traffic accidents in the past four years. But authorities say the message is slowly getting through that the country's laws are there to be obeyed. Encouragingly, despite population growth, the number of road deaths is stable, and there is evidence, particularly in Mexico City, that attitudes towards drink-driving are changing for the better <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/video/2012/oct/05/drink-driving-mexico-road-safety-video">Continue reading...</a>Global developmentRoad safetyMexicoWorld newsAmericasMon, 29 Oct 2012 15:30:00 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/global-development/video/2012/oct/05/drink-driving-mexico-road-safety-videoPhotograph: guardian.co.ukMexico road safety - video
Photograph: guardian.co.ukPhotograph: guardian.co.ukMexico road safety - video
Photograph: guardian.co.ukDeborah Bonello2012-10-29T15:30:00ZMexico City's 'alcoholímetro' making headway in dangerous driving battle | Deborah Bonellohttps://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2012/oct/29/mexico-city-alcoholimetro-dangerous-driving
Its road safety record is among the world's worst but, in Mexico's capital, police wielding breathalysers are making a big difference<p>It's late on Friday night in downtown Mexico City. The streets are packed with traffic as people unwind from a hard week's work. The police are hard at work too.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2012/oct/29/mexico-city-alcoholimetro-dangerous-driving">Continue reading...</a>Global developmentRoad safetyMexicoAmericasMon, 29 Oct 2012 15:17:29 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2012/oct/29/mexico-city-alcoholimetro-dangerous-drivingDeborah Bonello in Mexico City2012-10-29T15:17:29ZLatin America's traffic turning deadlier as shoddy cars clog bad roadshttps://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2012/jul/24/latin-america-traffic-cars-roads
Rapid economic development has brought combination of more vehicles with too few safety checks, and dangerous driving<p>If you live in Latin America, by 2020 you will be three times more likely to die on the roads <a href="http://www.who.int/violence_injury_prevention/road_traffic/activities/roadsafety_training_manual_unit_1.pdf" title="">than in a high-income country</a> (pdf), according to the World Health Organisation (WHO). As the region's rapid economic development pushes more vehicles on to highways, road deaths are spiralling upwards.</p><p>WHO statistics show that in 2000 there were 26.1 road deaths per 100,000 people in Latin America and the Caribbean. This is predicted to rise to 31 per 100,000 by 2020, the worst rate in the world and more than triple the predictions for the world's richer nations.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2012/jul/24/latin-america-traffic-cars-roads">Continue reading...</a>Global developmentRoad safetyAmericasWorld Health OrganizationTue, 24 Jul 2012 13:18:30 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2012/jul/24/latin-america-traffic-cars-roadsPhotograph: AlamyA Peugeot 404 abandoned in Salta, Argentina. Road deaths in Latin America and the Caribbean are predicted to rise. Photograph: AlamyPhotograph: AlamyA Peugeot 404 abandoned in Salta, Argentina. Road deaths in Latin America and the Caribbean are predicted to rise. Photograph: AlamyEd Stocker2012-07-24T13:18:30Z